High alert in Antarctica as new plague outbreak ravages penguin populations
One of the great concerns in history regarding health is the appearance of new diseases that could lead to a substantial ...
Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Tentacled Creatures Beneath
In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...
Scientists find new species of life after iceberg breaks off Antarctica
A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...
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Antarctica: how geopolitics plays out at the end of the Earth
Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...
Researchers find thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem under Antarctic ice shelf: "This is unprecedented"
Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.
Bird flu hits world’s biggest wandering albatross colonies
A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...
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Scientists find new species of life after iceberg breaks off Antarctica
scientists identified more than 70 new species, including squat lobsters and marine snails that were completely new to science. Off Antarctica, the biggest mystery isn’t centered on any ...
Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it's teeming with life
When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ...
‘Abundantly large’ deep-sea creature — ‘all legs’ — found off Antarctica. See it
While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...
‘Flourishing’ deep-sea life found when Antarctic iceberg breaks off. ‘Untouched beauty’
Researchers were in a remote region of the Bellingshausen Sea on a different expedition when the iceberg calved, giving them a chance to change course and explore a region never before accessible to ...